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APPLE PARING AND CURING MACHINE.

No. 363,022.. Patented May 17, 1887.

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APPLE PARING AND GORING MACHINE.

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APPLE PARING AND GORING MACHINE.

Patented May 17,

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APPLE PARING AND BORING MACHINE.

Patented May 17, 1887.

W a A N r a 4 b N0. 3 6 3 0 Z Z Q/vblim-aooeo \VALTER TRIPP AND HENRY ALBERT TRIPP, OF EAST \VILLIAMSON, NEW YORK.

APPLE PARING AND CORING MACHHNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,022, dated May 17, 1887.

(hIudeL) To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, \VALTER TRIPP and HENRY ALBERT TRIPP, citizens or the United States, residing at East \Villiamson, in the county of XVayne and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apple Paring and Goring Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in appleparing and coring machines; and it consists of the peculiar combination and novel construct-ion and arrangement of the various parts for service, substantially as hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of our invention is to provide an improved machine for automatically parin coring, and expelling the apples which shall possess superior advantages over others that have preceded it in points of simplicity, strength, and durability of construction, efflciency of operation, and cheapness of manufacture.

A further object of our invention is to provide an improved machine of the class named which shall completely separate and discharge from the machine the parings, cores, and the pared fruit, so that the fruit and parings are not discharged in a common vessel, and thus dispense with the labor of separating them.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate an apple paring and coring machine embodying our invention, Figure 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine with the parts in position for beginning the operation of paring the fruit. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 00 a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the machine corresponding to Fig. 1, showing the parts in the position which they assume after the operation of paring has been completed. Fig. 5 isa transverse sectional view on the line y 3/ of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow 1. Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of the rotary disk carrying the cutterarm. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the doffer, together with the flanged collar and the doffer-arm for actuating the same. Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view of the fixed cam and the swinging knife-arm, together with the rotary cam-disk and the doffer-arm, to more clearly show the details in the construction thereof. Fig. 9 is a sectional view on the line 2 z of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denote correspondingparts in all the figures, A designates the frame of the machine, which is rigidly affixed or secured to a table or other suitable support. This frame is provided at its lower portion with a horizontal base, 13, which is cast or formed in a single piece of metal, and has an inclined or beveled flange or rib, 1), arranged longitudi nally thereof. This inclined flange or rib b of the horizontal base terminates at a point he 55 yond the outer extremity of the rotary fork, which will be hereinafter described, and the base is further provided at the extremity of the inclined rib or flange with a dischargeplate, B, which isinclined in reversedirection to the rib or flange Z), one side of the said inclined discharge-plate being provided with a raised rib or flange, b, to prevent the fruit falling thereon from passing over the same side of the machine as the parings, and the 7 lowerside of the said plate being left open and free to permit the fruit to pass off the same with out hinderance. This inclined dischargeplate B is located immediately in front of a fixed stop for throwing or drawing the pared SO fruit off the coring-tube during the retrograde movement of the latter, so that the pared fruit will fall upon the said plate and be deflected or discharged to one side of the machine.

From the foregoing it will be seen that by means of the oppositely-inclined discharge flange and plate I) B,respectively, the parings from the fruit and the pared fruit itself are discharged from the machine on opposite sides thereof, and thereby effecting a saving in time 0 and labor, as the fruit and parings are separated by the machine, and do not, therefore, require to be separated by hand after they leave the machine. The base 13 of the main frame A is further provided with ahorizontal 5 arm or extension, 0, which is elevated above the plane of the base and arranged to one side of the same, so as to be out of line therewith.

This horizontal arm or extension is provided with a transversely-curved groove, 0, in its upper side, and to one of the sides of the arm is rigidly affixed a way or guide-rod,0,which is preferably circular in cross-section and immovably held in place,the sliding frame,hereinafter described, being supported at one end upon the extension or arm and guided in its reciprocating movements by the guide-rod 0, all as presently described.

The main frame A of the machineis provided at one end with a vertical standard or upright, D, which is preferably curved longitudinally,so that its upper extremity will overhang the horizontal base B, the said base and standard of the frame being cast or formed integral with each other.. This vertical standard D is provided with integral bearings d d, which are arranged one above the other and parallel with each other,and in these bearings are journaled shafts E F, which rotate or turn freely therein, and are arranged parallel with each other, as will be readily understood. The upper horizontal shaft, E, of the machineconstitutes the driving-shaft, to which the power is applied to operate all of the various devices or mechanisms for paring and coring the apples, and the latter shaft, F, carries the fork on which the fruit is placed and held to be operated upon by the knife.

The driving-shaft E of the machine carries a flywheel, E,'at its outer extremity, which.

is rigidly affixed thereon in any suitable manner, andto this fly-wheel is secured a crankhandle, e, to which the power is applied in order to rotate the same. The fly-Wheel has gear or cog teeth on its periphery,with which mesh the similar teeth on a small gear-pinion, f, that is rigidly secured to and rotates with the fork-carrying shaft F, whereby the two shafts E F are geared together for simultaneous operation, as is obvious.

The inner extremity of the drivingshaft E has a small beveled gearpinion, E, rigidly secured thereto, and this beveled pinion meshes with and drives a rotary cam-disk, G,whichis arranged in a horizontal position above the plane of the driving-shaft. has its under outer edges beveled or inclined and provided with gear-teeth g, with which mesh the teeth of the bevel-pinion to rotate the said disk, and this disk has a vertical flange, G, formed integral therewith, the periphery of this flange having a series of geartremity of the vertical standard has an enlarged cam-plate, H, formed integral therewith, the lower under side of the cam-plate having a downwardly-projectiug rib or shoulder, h,

This cam-disk G thereon, and which has its sides inclined or curved so as to cause the inner upper end of a swinging arm, I, to be deflected downwardly, whereby the lower end of the said arm, which carries the knives, will be elevated during a portion of the orbit described by the arm, as will be presently explained. This fixed camplate H has its inclined rib or flange located to one side of the vertical stem or shaft of the rotary cam-disk, and the plate has guide-arms or fingers h extended or projected from opposite sides thereof to prevent the reciprocat-' ing frame 0 from vertical movement or displacement.

The swinging arm I is provided at its upper end with trunnions or shafts i, which arejournaled in bearings t" on the lower under side of the rotary disk G. so that the arm is carried by the disk during the rotary movements thereof, and at the same time is free to swing 'on its pivots or trunnions independently of the motion .of the disk, whereby the arm is free to bear against and accommodate itself to any uneven surfaces in the apple or other fruit that is being operated upon in the machine. The upper end of the said swinging arm has an extension or finger, t, which passes through a suitable slot or opening in the rotary disk, and this finger impinges against the inclined sides'of the rib or flange h on the fixed camplate H, as shown. The lower free end of the swinging arm is enlarged and provided with oppositely inclined flanges I, which are formed integral therewith and arranged parallel with each other at their contiguous edges, and these flanges are provided with transverse slots 7r, through which are passed the bindingscrews that serve to secure the cutter knives or blades K to the said flanges. These blades or knives K .bear against the inclined flanges of the swinging arm, and therefore assume the inclination of the flanges, the sharpened cutting-edges of the knives being arranged in close proximity to but out of contact with each other, sov that they are caused to properly act upon the fruit and only enter the same deep enough to pare off a thin piece of the skin, the depth-to which the blades can enter the fruit being regulated by means of set-screws working in the slots of the flanges. as is obvious. The swinging knife-carrying arm is provided at or near its middle with a laterally-extended lug, R to which is connected one end of. a coiled spring, L, and the opposite end of this spring is secured to the lower under side of the rotary disk G, so that IIO 'both the springand the swinging arm are car- A by means of a transverse pin or rivet, m, and the lower end of this doffer-arm has an open ring or collar, m, formed integral therewith. This open ring or collar is inclined or bent at an angle to the arm M, and it fits and takes around the fork-carrying shaft F, so that the collar or ring can act upon a rib or flange, m that is formed around the periphery of a doffer-collar, M. This dot'fercollar is fitted to slide very freely back and forth on the forkcarrying shaft Fwith the doffer-arm, and this arm is pivoted in such manner so as to swing back and forth parallel with the shaft F, while the shaft can rotate very freely without obstruction from the said arm.

The fork F of the fork-carrying shaft F consists of a series of tines, which are separated from one another,so as to hold and engage the apple very securely, and on the shaft is fitted a doffer-sleeve, N, that is free to move longitudinally on the shaft in front of the doffercollar M, the said sleeve having a series of longitudinal slots, a, which correspond in number with the number of tines employed. The forward end of the sleeve intermediate the slots therein normally fits between the tines of the fork, so that the sleeve is prevented from rotary movement on the shaft F, and when the end in of the swinging dotfei arm is acted upon by the inclined portion of the rib or shoulder on the disk G the collar or open ring on the said arm impinges upon the doffer-collar M, which in turn bears against the rear solid end of the doffer-sleeve to force the latter forwardly and cause the tines of the fork to ride in the slots of the longitudinally-movable sleeve.

0 designates the sliding or reciprocating frame, which is actuated by the rotary disk G to move the coring tube forward to pass through the fruit and extract the core therefrom. This reciprocating frame comprises the parallel bars 0, which are provided on their under sides with the gear-teetlnwith which en gage the teeth 0f the rotary disk G, the inclined bow-shaped COI'IIIBCBlIIgPlGOG 0, cast or formed integral with the front ends of the side bars, 0, and the segmental piece o connecting the rear ends of the parallel bars 0, and having an arm, 0 extended rearwardly therefrom. The parallel bars 0, having the gearteeth,are arranged above the rotary disk G and beneath the lateral guidearms of the fixed eanrpla-te H, so that the arms will prevent the framefrom vertical play, and the teeth on the depending flanges of the reciprocating frame engage with the teeth of the rotary disk alternately-that is to say, during one half of the rotation of the disk G the teeth thereof are engaged with the teeth of one of the bars 0 to slide or move the reciprocating frame in one direction, and during the other half of the rotation of the disk the teeth thereof move or force the frame in the reverse direction.

P designates a hanger, which depends from the extended arm 0 of the reciprocating frame. This hanger is rigidly affixed in any suitable man nor to the extended. arm of the reciprocating frame, so that it is moved simultaneously therewith, and the lower end of the hanger has a tubular guide, 1;,which encompasses the circular guide of the arm or extension of the horizontal base, this tubular guide sliding freely over the guide rod and preventing any lateral play of the reciprocating frame at the rear end thereof.

R designates the coring-tube, which has a sharpened cutting-edge at its front end, so as to cause it to readily enter or penetrate the apples, and this coring-tube is arranged in line with the horizontal forkcarrying shaft F of the machine, the diameter of the coringtube being a little greater than the diameter of the fork and the doffer-tube, so that the coring-tube will slide very freely oxer the said fork and the doffertube. The rear end of the coring-tube is rigidly clamped or secured in the lower end of the hanger of the reciprocating frame by means of a bracket, 1', which is rigidly affixed to the hanger. and the coringtube moves or passes through a rigid stop, 8, that is curved, as shown, and secured immovably to the arm or extension of the baseframe, this rigid stop serving to force the apples' from the coring-tube during the retrograde movement thereof and force them onto the inclined discharge plate, from whence they are discharged to one side of the machine.

This being the construction of ourimprovcd apple paring and coring maehine,the operation thereof is as follows: The machine being in the position shown in Fig. 1, with theswinging arm I elevated immediately in front of the fork, and the coring -tube and the reciprocating frame forced to the extreme rear end of the device, an apple is fitted and secured on the fork by the hand of the operator, the doiTer sleeve and collar having been moved to the limit of their motion toward the front end of the shaft F. The operator now turns or r0 tates the crank of the fly-wheel to simultaneousl y rotate the shafts E F. The shaft F, the fork, and the fruit thereon are rotated, and. as the driving-shaft E is rotated the disk G is likewise actuated. Immediately after the disk G begins to rotate the upper end of the swinging arm I clears the cam rib or shoulder h on the fixed cam-plate H, and the spring then draws the said swinging arm I downwardly, to cause its blades or knives to act upon the fruit and pare the latter. The fruit is thus revolved to continually present a new surface to the action of the cutter-blades, and the blades themselves are shifted or adjusted to occupy different positions relative to the fruit by the rotary disk by which the blades are carried, the spring yielding to the blades whenever they encounter any uneven or irregular surface, and the arm I moving or oscillating on its trunnions or pivots independently of the rotary movement of the disk G. Simultaneously with the rotary movement of the disk G the teeth thereof actuate one of the parallel bars to force the reciprocating frame forwardly and also the coring-tube, and this tube first enters the fruit to core the latter when the paring-knives reach the opposite side of the machine from whence they first started, as shown in Fig. 4. The doffer-arm is acted on by the raised shoulder on the rotary disk to force the doft'er-sleeve and tube forward simultaneously with the retrograde movement of the coring-tube and reciprocating frame, that is caused by the teeth on the rotary disk G engaging with the teeth on the opposite rack of the said frame, the swinging arm and the knives carried thereby being elevated above the shaft F and the devices thereon by the upper end of the arm I coming in contact with the depending shoulder on the fixed cam-plate H, so that the said arm and cutting-knives are returned to their first position simultaneously with the'retrograde movement of the coringtube. The fruit on the fork is taken therefrom by the coring-tube during the retrograde movement thereof, and when the fruit comes in contact with the fixed stop S-it slides off the tube and drops onto the deflecting-plate of the base. It will thus be seen that the parings from the fruit are dropped onto the inclined rib or flange b of the horizontal base during the operation of paring by the knives, while the pared fruit is discharged onto the inclined plate and from thence to the opposite side of the machine, and the cores of the apples are retained in the coring-tube and discharged out of the rear open endthereof.

Our invention is very simple and strong in construction and thoroughly effective and easy of operation.

Various changes in the form and proportion of parts and details of construction can be made without departing from the principle of our invention.

- WVe are aware that it is old in apple paring and coring machines to combine a reciprocating rack carrying a coring-ring, a gear to operate the rack, a swinging knife arm to pare the fruit, and a rotary fork to hold the fruit. We are also aware that it is old to employ a doffer-sleeve to doft' the core before the apple is removed from the'tines of the fork. We

' are also aware that it is old to construct the base of such machines with an inclined discharge -plate for the parings of the fruit. These constructions we hereby disclaim.

Having thus fully described our invention, what We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an apple paring and coring machine, the combination of a rotary disk, a reciprocating frame, a hanger rigidly affixed to the frame at one end thereof, 'a rotary fork arranged beneath the rotary disk and the frame and to one side of the hanger on the latter, a swinging knife-carrying arm supported on the rotary disk to be carried therewith, a coringtube secured in the lower end of the hanger .slide over the same, and the independent and arranged in line with the rotary fork to slide over the same when the frame is moved in one direction, and a stop,through which the coring-tube passes, affixed to the base of the machine to discharge the apple carried by the tube upon the retrograde movement thereof, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth;

2. In an apple paring and coring machine, the combination of a rotating disk, a knifearm, a reciprocating frame carrying a horizontal coring-tube, a rotary fork arranged in line with the coring-tube and ofa smaller diameter than the tube, to thereby permit the latter to slide freely over the fork, a dofifer fitted on the fork, a pivoted arm actuated by 'the disk and impinging against the doffer for moving the latter toward the free end of the fork simultaneously with the retrograde movement of the coring-tube, and the fixed stop arranged at one side of the coring-tube, as and for the purpose described.

3. In an apple paring and coring machine, a frame having a fixed base located beneath the paring and coring devices and provided on its upper surface with an inclined discharge-rib and a discharge-plate arranged in line with the rib and inclined in the reverse direction thereto, whereby the parings and fruit are discharged from the machine in opposite directions, for the purpose set forth.

4. In an apple paring and coring machine, the combination of the reciprocating frame, the hanger affixed to the frame and movable back and forth therewith, a rotary fork arranged beneath the frame and to one side of the hanger, the coring-tube carried by the hanger and arranged in line with the fork to too guide fixed to the base of the machine and working in the lower portion of the hanger to maintain the coring-tube in line with the fork, as and for the purpose described.

5. The combination of a frame provided with inclined discharge flange or rib and the oppositely-inclined discharge-plate arranged to one side of the'said rib, the rotary shaft journaled in the frame and carrying a fork, the driving-shaft geared to the rotary shaft, a reciprocating frame, a coring-tube secured on the frame and arranged in line with the fork, and the rotary disk geared to the drivingshaft and reciprocating frame and carrying a pivoted arm having the paring-blade, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination ofa frame having a horizontal base provided with the oppositely-inclined integral rib and plate arranged alongside of one another, the rotary shaft journaled in the frame and carrying the fork located above the inclined rib of the base to discharge the parings thereon,'the driving-shaft geared to the rotary shaft, the rotary disk geared to the driving-shaft, the reciprocating frame actuated by the rotary disk, the hanger depending IIO from the frame, and the coring tube secured in the hanger and arranged in line with the fork and adapted to discharge the fruit upon the inclined plate of the base, the diameter of the said tube being greater than the diameter of the fork, so that the tube can slide over the fork, substantially as described.

7. In a machine for paring and coring fruit, the combination of a horizontal rotary disk having a cam on its upper side, a reciprocating frame actuated thereby and carrying a coringtube, a rotary fork arranged in line with the coring-tube, a doffersleeve fitted loosely on the fork and free to slide back and forth thereon, and a vertically-disposed doffer-arm pivoted at an intermediate point of its length to the frame of the machineandprovided at its upper end with an arm which extends over the edge of the rotary disk and is arranged in the path of the cam thereon, the lower end of the doffer-arm being wholly disconnected from the dofifer sleeve and actuating the sleeve through an intermediate device, as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a machine for coring and paring fruit, the combination of a rotary disk, a reciprocating frame carrying a coring-tube, a rotary shaft carrying a fork at one end, an endwise movable doffer-sleeve fitted on the rotary shaft and having the longitudinal slots in which the tines of the fork are fitted to retain the sleeve against rotary movement, a sleeve also fitted loosely on the rotary shaft in rearof the doffersleeve, and a pivoted doffer-arm actuated by the rotary disk and impinging at its lower end on the loose sleeve to force the latter against the doffer'sleeve, as and for the purpose described.

9. The combination of a rotary shaft having the fork, a driving-shaft, a rotary disk geared to the shaft and having the raised shoulder or flange, the reciprocating frame having the coring-tube, the slotted doffer-sleeve fitted on the fork-shaft, the flanged collar also fitted on the shaft and bearing against the sleevethereon, and a pivoted doffer-arm having an angular end, at, which impinges on the shoulder of the rotary disk, and an open ring or collar that fits around the forkshaft and impinges against the flanged collar, substantially as described.

10. In a machine for coring and paring fruit, the combination of a frame provided with a vertical standard, a horizontal cam-plate secured to the upper extremity of the standard and having an inclined shoulder on its lower side, a vertical shaft journaled in the standard and carrying a horizontal rotary disk at its lower end, which is arranged beneath the camplate and provided with a transverse opening, a swinging knife-arm pivoted at an intermediate point of its length on the disk and having its upper end passing through the opening in the disk and riding on the inclined shoulder of the cam-plate, a spring connected to the knife arm and disk, a reciprocating frame geared to the disk and carrying a coring-tube,

and a rotary fork, as and for the purpose described.

ll. The combination of a frame having a horizontal base provided with the arm or extension and the vertical standard, the fixed cam'plate 011 the upper end of the standard having the laterally-extended guide-arms, a guide-rod affixed to the extension of the base, a rotary fork, a driving-shaft geared to the fork, a rotary disk geared to the shaft, a reciprocating frame arranged beneath the laterally-extended guide-arms, a hanger secured to the frame and having the guide-tube fitting the guide-rod, and a coring-tube secured to the hanger and arranged in line with the retary fork, substantially as described.

12. In an appleparing and coring machine, the combination of the fork, a reciprocating frame, a movable k nife-earrying arm, a hanger affixed to the reciprocating frame,a fixed guide for the hanger on the base of the machine, a coring-tube arranged in line with the fork and secured in the hanger, and a stop on the front end of the fixed guide and arranged at one side of the coringtube, and against which stop the fruit is adapted to strike during the retrograde movement of the tube and thereby automatically discharge the fruit, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

13. Ina machine for paring and coring fruit, the combination of a continuously-rotating disk, a frame actuated alternately in one direct-ion and then in the reverse direction by the disk, a rotary fork arranged beneath the disk to one side thereof, a fixed hanger carried by the frame and having a coring-tube arranged in line with the fork, a fixed guide for the hanger, having a stop at its front end and in close proximity to the coring-tube, a swinging knife-arm carried by the disk, and the discharge plates and ribs inclined in reverse directions and arranged beneath the fork and stop, respeetively,to discharge the parings and fruit to opposite sides of the machine, as and for the purpose described.

14. In an apple paring and coring machine, the combination, with a rotary fork, ofarotating disk having the gear-teeth g" on one side thereof, and a reciprocatingframe carrying the coring-tube and having the parallel connected side bars, provided on their inner opposing sides with the gear-teeth,the rotary disk being arranged between the parallel sides of the reciprocating frame and adapted to haveits gearteeth alternately mesh with the teeth on the opposite sides of the frame to move the latter back and forth while the disk rotates in one direction continuously, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

15. In an apple paring and coring machine, the combination of a vertical standard having the fixed guide-arms h at its upper cnd,which guide-arms are arranged in horizontal positions, a horizontal rotary disk journaled in the upper end of the standard, beneath the guide-arms therein, and having the geanteeth 9 the reciprocating frame having the parallel I In testimony that we claim the foregoing as sides arranged beneath the guides h and thereby prevented from vertical displacement, the frame having the gear-teeth with which the 5 teeth on the rotary disk mesh to move the frame back and forth, a rotary fork, a coringtube, and a knife-carrying arm, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

our own we have hereto affixed our signatures 10 in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER TRIPP.

HENRY ALBERT TRIPP. \Vitnesses:

R. M. OBEETHAM, G. F. OHEETHAM. 

